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Anonymous10/18/25, 22:19No.723588934
Why is metal slug not a popular game?
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Anon10/18/25, 22:21No.723589038
Because Fiocucks don't play the games.
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Anon10/18/25, 22:24No.723589246
>run and gun arcade game that takes 20 minutes to complete and hasnt had a (non mobile) game in years whose appeal also relied a lot on beautiful pixel animation which is a dying art
its as popular as it can be given the circumstances
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Anon10/18/25, 22:24No.723589249
cuz it’s fucking old
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Anon10/18/25, 22:26No.723589419
They haven't made a new mainline game since 7/XX and a lot of people haven't even played that entry, or at least give off the impression they haven't. Stuff like the spin offs like Tactics is neat, but still.
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Anon10/18/25, 22:27No.723589474
Metal Slug is an arcade game, so no one is going to play it unless they actually enjoy playing the game, which automatically filters all of the secondary fags who just think its cool because muh heckin pixel art
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Anon10/18/25, 22:34No.723589940
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Anon10/18/25, 22:35No.723589990
i sorted my arcade backlog by popularity and it is literally the most popular game on the list
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Anon10/18/25, 22:38No.723590258
for me it's tarma
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Anon10/18/25, 23:32No.723593647
arcade first series that launched(1996) after basic arcade ports had kind of fallen out of the zeitgeist besides fighting games. the people who were around to have known metal slug as an arcade phenomenon and are still online to talk about it is an increasingly shrinking number.
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Anon10/18/25, 23:35No.723593816
just post the porn
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Anon10/18/25, 23:36No.723593890
It used to be the most popular SNK game in my country by a fair margin 20 years ago or so. I remember that it even had arcade cabinets.
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Anon10/18/25, 23:52No.723594804
i mean i like it. I achieved 1cc in MS3 recently.
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Anon10/18/25, 23:57No.723595127
>old
>quality expectedly nosedived after the bankruptcy and outsourcing
>none of the games have been as good or even as finished as X and 3
>became auto battler slop
>Tactics turned out to be shit
>most recent entry was a P2W mobile game full of every bad practice imaginable from gacha slop and premium packs to unlock basic characters to PVP, stamina recovery, and paid skins
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Anon10/19/25, 00:07No.723595732
Because arcade died shortly after console became a thing
But Metal Slug was the last king to come out of it
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Anon10/19/25, 00:09No.723595827
Because SNK recognized the run & gun genre was on its way out in the wake of consoles so they turned Metal Slug into a strategy game without realizing that genre is even more niche.
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Anon10/19/25, 00:11No.723595939
I liked it...
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Anon10/19/25, 00:11No.723595960
Because they never bothered releasing another anthology for 7th/8th gen consoles.
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Anon10/19/25, 00:12No.723596015
Tactics is pretty good for anyone that hasn't played it just wish it had more levels
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Anon10/19/25, 00:15No.723596178
I am one of those autists that did custom sprite for an army on a forum of fellow autists that did the same
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Anon10/19/25, 00:17No.723596338
Normalfags don't like arcade games.
Fighting games are probably the most popular arcade games currently and even they're on life support.
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Anon10/19/25, 00:20No.723596525
it's still very popular among spics
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Anon10/19/25, 00:21No.723596575
Because there hasn't been a good game in fucking decades
>4 was Korean shit recycling content
>5 wasn't finished
>6 looked and played like shit
>7 was a blurry mess that played it safe
>XX was 7, but better, which brought it up to mediocre
>literally EVERYTHING else was either tower defense shit or gacha shit
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Anon10/19/25, 00:22No.723596618
cuz
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Anon10/19/25, 00:22No.723596641
>New metal slug game introduced in 2025 tokyo game show
>Nobody gave a shit so there's no footage of the gameplay
Kekaroo
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Anon10/19/25, 00:22No.723596651
What do you mean? It was very popular back in the 90's and 2000's when they were still making Metal Slug games. It's not popular anymore because they stopped making them aside from spinoffs and mobile slop. The last numbered entry, Metal Slug 7, came out in 2008. Of course the series isn't as popular almost 20 years later.
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Anon10/19/25, 01:25No.723600594
Favorite weapon?
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Anon10/19/25, 01:31No.723600996
Metal Slug has a similar curse as Star Fox, where the original type of core gameplay (the simple run-and-gun arcade style) is just not enough to get people excited anymore. You unironically need a BIGGER scale with more crazy shit going on that still has the essence of Metal Slug baked in. Unfortunately, when all the people who are told to "update" Metal Slug are given the chance, they either shove in gimmick shit or they make a spinoff of a completely different genre. Then when that flops, they say, "Oh, I guess the franchise just isn't popular anymore."
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Anon10/19/25, 01:36No.723601254
3 came out 25 years ago, the series might as well have ended there so who cares. I's just a name and a couple of designs without the people behind itWhich is why I'm looking forward to black finger jet, even if it'll probably be shit
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Anon10/19/25, 02:12No.723603230
It's a series in a dead genre that hasn't had a good game in literally decadesReally it's pure incompetence because these are probably fairly simple to make outside of the charming art style. But it's a game you can charge at most 10 bucks for, you can squeeze maybe 1 hour of gameplay from most non-autistics who don't give a fuck about maximizing scores.
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Anon10/19/25, 02:18No.723603570
Why no one makes games with metal slug's pixel art quality nowadays, that was what i expected with the new retro bs not just ancientware with a couple of modern mechanics
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Anon10/19/25, 02:20No.723603672
Why is OP always a giant faggot?
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Anon10/19/25, 02:21No.723603737
Fio is a Sicilian
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Anon10/19/25, 02:21No.723603747
I still love metal slug I play 3 or X at least once a year but I can see why the franchise "died" no matter how beautiful they make it the games lack something new to show
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Anon10/19/25, 02:22No.723603752
They were mostly restricted to arcades without home console ports so normies (including me) didn't really know about the series outside of the occasional arcade visit. I think I saw a Metal Slug machine in a Waffle Shoppe.I can't believe Metal Slug 7 did not have multiplayer or network play. I also can't believe it was never ported to any other console.
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Anon10/19/25, 02:29No.723604157
It was designed for arcades which have become more and more niche. All the MS games combined are about the length of one modern game once you know what you're doing.
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Anon10/19/25, 02:34No.723604405
I'm playing XX right now. Managed to clear Mission 3 with Ralf without getting hit once. Getting half ammo and grenades sucks for clearing bosses which means I probably should lean more into using his vulcan punch but I find it hard to slot in when shooting weapons pickups is much more damaging. Any tips?
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Anon10/19/25, 02:45No.723604992
>ROCKET LAWN CHAIR
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Anon10/19/25, 02:51No.723605345
>"wow the sprite animation is great and fio is hot"
>doesn't play the gameMany such cases. Shantae is the same
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Anon10/19/25, 03:12No.723606603
It's a shame the run and gun genre seems dead...What would people want to see in a new Metal Slug game?
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Anon10/19/25, 03:30No.723607595
Millennials can't 1CC or play arcade games format
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Anon10/19/25, 03:38No.723608052
IRON LIZARD!
I like the PS2 Metal Slug 3D game. F8 me.
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Anon10/19/25, 04:28No.723610421
Its because you aren't Mexican
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Anon10/19/25, 04:35No.723610731
I've only played the first game, rank em for me anons. Do I just play them in order? There's quite a lot of them.
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Anon10/19/25, 05:02No.723611881
They made so many unique sprites for the Metal Slug mobile games and we still don't have a proper shmup using them. Sad!
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Anon10/19/25, 06:02No.723614612
>Used to think getting fat was an upgrade
>Turns out you deal less damage despite the projectiles looking chunkier
what the fuck